prevention

(pictured above: Residents wait to receive flu shots last week.) The Forsyth County Health Department has been busy offering free flu shots to local residents. The flu vaccine will be offered at the Health Department’s Clinic 3 at 799 Highland...

(picture above: Josie and Scotty Wooten with their son, Jarod.) More than 250 guests attended the American Heart Association’s Winston-Salem Heart Ball on April 25 at the Millennium Center. The event raised $240,000 through tickets, tables...

Patients often recognize that a nurse is the health care professional with whom they and their families have the most direct contact. But they might not realize that nurses also are leaders in improving the quality of care and expanding access...

(pictured above: Sammie Gray is a longtime ACS supporter.) AIDS Care Services is asking those who support HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention to put their money where their mouths are. More than 20 individuals and groups across the city are set to...

Wharton Gladden & Company, a Greensboro-based real estate investment banking firm, will partner with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to present an annual lecture series on diabetes research and prevention. The announcement came at the...

N.C. A&T alumna Elesia Summers-Thomas won the Miss Essence 2013 crown in July in Crystal City, Va., a Washington, D.C. suburb. The national pageant provides personal and professional opportunities for all women to promote their voices in...

Special Recognition Award Honoree Who can help but not be proud of Dr. Chere Chase Gregory? One of the nation’s few black female board certified neurologists, Gregory has made it to the top of her profession while never forgetting to give back...

Local authorities offer some ideas Despite widespread awareness about the importance of cancer screenings, Americans aren’t taking advantage of tests that could save their lives. According to a report published in the Dec. 27 edition of the...